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COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) |
Are there different kinds of breathlessness?04/03/2008 09:37AM |
Why is it that I am breathless when I am speaking or even sometimes eating and yet I can swim walk climb stairs etc without being so. I have recently been diagnosed as having COPD and it is all new to me, I don`t understand why I have no wheeze or cough or anthing else that I can relate to it. Looking forward to a reply
If you are not short of breath with more strenuous activity, like swimming or climbing stairs, it suggests that the trouble you are having with speaking or eating is not secondary to COPD. You might have vocal cord dysfunction or issues with gastric acid aspiration as an explanation for shortness of breath while speaking or eating. You might want to discuss this further with your doctor.
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Mahasti Rittinger, RRT Clinical Program Manager Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine The Ohio State University |
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Phillip T. Diaz, MD Associate Professor Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine The Ohio State University |
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